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WJC-9327: Impressive 1642 Charles 1st Oxford Declaration Half Pound. Early Civil War large denomination piece - ten shillings. Initial mark Plume. Obverse die depicting the Shrewsbury horseman with an Oxford plume behind. The second iteration of the Oxford half pound. The accompanying ticket suggests this coin utilises a Shrewsbury reverse die (S.R.2944) but in reality, the reverse die is Morrison A-2 with a group of x7 pellets at 3 o'clock, very much an Oxford die. S.R.2945, Brooker 867 and 868 (die duplicates). Excellent weight, an even strike both obverse and reverse, good solid toning and most importantly, no striking cracks whatsoever - to get any kind of impression on such a large lump of cold silver (far from being a soft metal at room temperature) required not only considerable skill but a great deal of focused force, which invariably caused planchets to crack or split open at the edges. Here we have none of that. As stated at the start, a most impressive coin. £4,950

WJC-9328: Charles 1st Hammered Silver Half Crown. Group III, third horseman, type 3a1 - scarf flying from the king's waist. Tower (London) mint under the king. The reverse is an oval, garnished shield. Initial mark Crown (1635-6), S.R.2773, this obverse die unrepresented in Brooker (and he had a fair few of this type), North 2209. Interesting dies in that the obverse initial mark is directly over the king's head (his sword also points to the X of REX rather than to the right of that) which is very unusual for this type / i.m. combination. Further, the die axis is 190 degrees which again is unusual, although anecdotally one might not think so - typically it's zero or 1/4 / 3/4. Reverse 1 variety with no plume above the shield. The weight is virtually full, nicely illustrating that the planchet was crudely fashioned rather than the coin being clipped. Pleasing toning and excellent grade for this somewhat rushed issue where the entire focus was on churning out currency to satisfy the public and national demand. Impressive provenance back to 1943. A fairly common type coin but this one elevated by grade, dies and provenance. £485

Provenance:

ex Herbert M Lingford collection, purchased November 1943, his ticket, dispersed...

ex Baldwins, 1951

ex Tim Owen, his early (non pink) ticket

WJC-9329: Charles 1st Hammered Silver Shilling. Group D, fourth bust, type 3a. Reverse round garnished shield with no CR. No inner circles. Tower (London) mint under the king. Initial mark Crown (1635-6), S.R.2791. An impressive virtually full weight of 5.95g. Nice grade and well toned. £275

Provenance:

ex Tim Owen, his early (non pink) ticket

WJC-9330: Choice 1646 over 1644 Charles 1st Oxford Declaration Threepence. Late Civil War "small change" denomination. Initial mark Lis. Oxford declaration. S.R.2995, Brooker 963. Obverse: crowned bust left, value behind, no plume in front; reverse: declaration in three lines, date below. The last issue from Oxford of this declaration type - on June 25th, 1646, Oxford surrendered to Parliamentary forces, thus marking the end of its role as King Charles' Royalist capital (he literally lived there: Christ Church) during the First English Civil War. Incidentally, the King secretly fled Oxford April 27th 1646, just prior to it being besieged. This final declaration issue would only have been struck for the very early months of 1646. A fresh obverse die was sunk, of Rawlins quality, with the king's crown breaking the inner circle, but unlike the 1644 threepences, the R was omitted from below the shoulder. The reverse die is very much an earlier recycled 1644, with the 6 over 4 overdate, which on this coin is pleasingly clear. These "Declaration" issues were very much a new and strange manifestation of currency to the general public and on these minor denominations - those being the ones the public at large would only really experience in their daily lives - they attracted a degree of suspicion & scepticism as to their authenticity. Such coins would often experience the tooth-test to see if they bent the way that the usual silver currency of the day was supposed to bend. All very interesting from both a numismatic and historical viewpoint but the elephant in the room with this coin is the grade. The king's portrait is spectacular, far superior to the S.R. plate coin, which in itself is also a jolly nice coin. You simply do not see declaration minors this good. Choice. £795